National Park Service v. National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States · ¶34

The Court also observes that even if viewing something for “purely esthetic purposes” is a “cognizable interest” for standing, having such an interest is not sufficient to establish standing. See ante, at 5; Defenders of Wildlife, 504 U. S., at 562. The claimed injury still must be “concrete and particularized.” Ante, at 5. But we have said that “[t]o establish the concrete and particularized injury that standing requires,” a plaintiff ’s demonstration that his “mere esthetic interests” are affected “will suffice.” Summers, 555 U. S., at 494.

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